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MindManager for Mac... thoughts?
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Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Sep 9, 2009 at 07:43 PM
Hi,
I just got an e-mail offer from MindJet to get a copy of MindManger 7 for the Mac for $129, which is a tempting price. I am wondering what folks think of the Mac version of MM.
Thank you.
Steve Z.
Posted by Lucas
Sep 9, 2009 at 11:51 PM
Yes, I heard they are coming out with version 8 soon, so I guess that’s the reason for the discount. I only have the 30-day trial, but here a couple thoughts based on my experience so far.
In most respects MindManager seems to be best in class, but I find it unsatisfactory for outlining because in the Outline view it only shows as much as will fit in one line of a given item. In other words, if you write a paragraph as an outline item, you won’t see all the text unless you switch to Map view. Of course, that’s what people use Notes for, but I like to be able to write text within the outline structure. I seem to remember coming across other Mac mind mapping apps that didn’t have this problem, but I don’t remember specifically at the moment.
That said, I am finding MM7 for Mac indispensable for transferring outlines between Microsoft Word and OPML. It imports Word outlines nicely, and the OPML export is unique to the Mac version. I think Matchware and ConceptDRAW products may be able to do this as well.
While I’m on the subject of Word outlines—-it is now possible to turn OPML into a Word outline using OmniOutliner, which can export in .docs format. I find this handy for my writing projects, and at the moment I’m doing my writing right in Omni (which I enjoy for a number of reasons), knowing that I can switch it over to Word relatively easily.
Lucas
Posted by Lucas
Sep 9, 2009 at 11:53 PM
Sorry, I meant to write “.docx” format.
Posted by Bernhard
Sep 10, 2009 at 09:23 AM
I use MM 7 for Win an I’m very satisfied. So I gave MM 7 for Mac a try an was disappointed. MM 7 Win is very scriptable and there a many usefull add-ins.
What bothered me most on Mac was the “Auto-Layout” of the branches. Sometimes it is very handy (e.g. presentations) but most of the time I would have chosen to drag branches manually and wanted them to stay at the desired position.
For now I’m testing NovaMind and it seems I’ll stay with it.
Posted by Hugh
Sep 10, 2009 at 09:25 AM
Steve
Version 6 of Curio has just been released with some enhancements to the mind-map function. Not MindManager by any means, but perhaps a better investment, with index cards on the way?
H